DArtagnan

Originally Posted by DArtagnan
But I don't dress up like a Klingon or anything, I just happen to like what the show tried to do.

Then maybe you are missing what the relaunch is trying to do. Let go of old baggage.

Myself, I'm going to see the movie tonight and I'm psyched.

-- "Mystery is important. To know everything, to know the whole truth, is dull. There is no magic in that. Magic is not knowing, magic is wondering about what and how and where." ~ Cortez, from The Longest Journey

DArtagnan

Just saw it. Liked it. Didn't particularly notice the CGI much, even though there was so much of it. That is to say, it wasn't really "in your face". As a movie, it worked for me, I'd love to see how a series would turn out, as there's lots of potential. I appreciated all the little nods to Star Trek fans of old.

Spoiler –Don't read if you haven't seen Star Trek yet.

I was stunned that they actually blew up Vulcan. That was almost too much to swallow, I loved that planet. The only thing I found worse is when they killed Data in Nemesis.

-- "Mystery is important. To know everything, to know the whole truth, is dull. There is no magic in that. Magic is not knowing, magic is wondering about what and how and where." ~ Cortez, from The Longest Journey

ST was great - this was actually Rick Berman's idea annd the the original cast had been fighting it for decades. That said, Rick Berman doesn't appear to have anything to do with the movie.

Let's face it - ST needed something like this after the monstrosity that was Enterprise.

I'm not a big fan of TNG until the last few seasons when the actors finally got comfortable with their roles - but by then they wanted to quit. This, of course, was long after Gene Roddenberry had been fired.

I read the book The Man with a Thousand Faces in grade 7 (later made into a TV series which is also loosely based on the book) so I couldn't watch Leonardo D Capria playing Frank W Abignail Jr. He makes it very clear in real life that he was able to get away with what he did because he was 16 and looked like he was 26.

I am curious if in the movie they showed the 6 months he spent in an unlit French dungeon prison where they once didn't change his bucket for a week or the spa treatment he got in Sweden?

Frank would go on to help rewrite most of the standards used to catch fraudulant cheque cashers until the computer era. It takes a thief…

And yeah, Star Trek was great. Anyone who disagrees went to the movies expecting something totally different.

And just for the record, I'm currently watching, for the first time in my life, the Original Series of Star Trek, the one from '66, and I'm quite enjoying myself. It does show it's age, but it still good. Which proves you can enjoy both of them.

Originally Posted by danutz_plusplus
Hilarious as always. Love the Onion News.

And yeah, Star Trek was great. Anyone who disagrees went to the movies expecting something totally different.

And just for the record, I'm currently watching, for the first time in my life, the Original Series of Star Trek, the one from '66, and I'm quite enjoying myself. It does show it's age, but it still good. Which proves you can enjoy both of them.

Once you've watched City on the Edge of Forever and Space Seed - come back and tell me Star Trek is the best way to continue the legacy.

DArtagnan

Originally Posted by DArtagnan
Once you've watched City on the Edge of Forever and Space Seed - come back and tell me Star Trek is the best way to continue the legacy.

Space Seed was indeed a great episode, but how can you not mention The Wrath of Khan?

I rented TWoK last week, along with The Search for Spock, because I wanted my GF to see some of the older Trek films before we see the new one. TWoK is still as incredible to me as the first time I saw it. TSfS unfortunately did not age nearly as well imo.

Originally Posted by JDR13
Space Seed was indeed a great episode, but how can you not mention The Wrath of Khan?

I rented TWoK last week, along with The Search for Spock, because I wanted my GF to see some of the older Trek films before we see the new one. TWoK is still as incredible to me as the first time I saw it. TSfS unfortunately did not age nearly as well imo.

Ugh. Hilarious. Lorenzo Lamas is one of the worst tough-guy actors of all time.

Here's two trailers that could make the same list.The Machine GirlBruno. Bruno is Sacha Baron Cohen's new project. He's the guy behind the crazy Borat and Ali G characters. Crazy, hilarious and offensive stuff.

Originally Posted by danutz_plusplus
Here's two trailers that could make the same list.The Machine GirlBruno. Bruno is Sacha Baron Cohen's new project. He's the guy behind the crazy Borat and Ali G characters. Crazy, hilarious and offensive stuff.

Yeah, that one for Machine Girl looked pretty crazy, someone actually posted that here a few years back, never did see the movie. I will definitely see Bruno though.